Hello
everyone! I've promised this a while ago, and I never got around to
doing it... until today. In my collection of games, I have a lot of
Mario games, a lot of Sonic games, a lot of Raving Rabbid games...
With that, you'd think I'd make a whole month about those, right?
Well... I've decided to go for another series, one you might not know
much about. Fear not, though; I'll be here to explain everything.
What
IS Drawn to Life? It's a trilogy of games:
-Drawn
To Life, a DS game;
-Drawn
To Life: The Next Chapter, a Wii game;
-and
Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter, a DS game and the official finale,
in my opinion. Since the last two games have the same name and were
made by different companies, I just like to believe that the Wii
version of The Next Chapter is located between the two DS games.
Now,
what is the concept? Well, the idea is simple. You create most of the
things in the game. There's a plot, and every few minutes you're
ordered to draw something in particular. Now, you can draw whatever
the Hell you want: If they ask you to draw a beach ball, you can draw
an urchin because you're a sadist. Or if you're lazy, fill the whole
drawing field with black and claim that the black square or rectangle
is actually something else. Luckily for you, drawings were made
available for you, so that you can avoid drawing entirely. Now, since
the game is called Drawn To Life, you'd think people would be
encouraged to draw their own things and show creativity, right?
Whatever. The developers made one already, you can use it and skip
the entire point of the game.
Now,
there's actually a plot to all this. You're watching a village of
fox-like people as they struggle, both as a community and as a
species, during hard times. Darkness has spread all over the world,
and next to no Raposa is still living in the village. Yes, Raposa.
The characters are as cute as this name lets out. Look at this.
Aren't they adorable?
"Rapo'!" And that's just the main Raposa characters. The younger ones are absolutely a-do-ra-ble. |
Now,
here's the twist. The Raposa consider YOU like their God. The
remaining Raposa get in contact with you as the game starts, and as a
result you design (draw) a hero for them. Make it like a famous
character! Make it a totally original character! Make him/her look
like Samus, Deadpool, Finn the human, Bella, whatever; if you can
draw that character with pixels, in relatively small drawing spaces,
you can use him/her in the game. Then you will control that character
as he/she runs and jumps across the levels to pick up pages from the
Book of Life (their own Bible, where the Creator – you – has
stored knowledge of most of what exists) and captured Raposa.
The
whole point is: You draw your own hero, then you draw his tools, his
weapons, and then you save the world with him/her.
The
series is known for being very funny, with some characters that seem
to exist solely for comic relief, and moments that will extract a
laugh from you. References and parodies of genres and famous
characters, among others. But it's also known for being a sad game.
And when I mean sad, I mean tear-jerking. You WILL cry the first time
you beat the first game. You will. Trust me. Aside from that, there's
great moments of adventure, friendship, and even a hint of romance.
As
far as I know, only three games were made. The ending to the DS
version of The Next Chapter makes it so that this story cannot be
continued. It's the very definitive end. Sadly, I only own the other
two games. As a result, this Drawn To Life Month would be missing its
most important part. Here's what I'll do this month: I will review
the two games I own, putting more emphasis on the plot, as usual...
and once I'm done reviewing the Wii version of Drawn To Life: The
Next Chapter, I will go over the plot of the last game, without
discussing much of the gameplay (because I haven't played it). And
give Drawn To Life Month the ending it deserves. (There's a Spongebob
edition, but I really couldn't care less for that one, as it's an
entirely different game.)
This
series is packed with emotions, great moments of fun, great moments
of sadness, a lot of heartwarming scenes as well... It's all worth
giving the whole series a look. And that's what I'm doing this month.
Follow me through this adventure spanning three games. You should
enjoy reading about it. Who knows, maybe you'll look for those games
later. Have fun during Drawn To Life Month.
(Note:
No, the reviews won't be as sober as this introduction was. I used an
intro because I didn't want to waste half a review explaining Drawn
To Life Month. The reviews will contain comedy, like they usually do.
But don't count on me to ruin the heavy moments. I wasn't joking when
I said this game was sad, and I intend to keep the emotional weight
of the important scenes intact.)
See
you this Friday for part 1 of the Drawn To Life review.
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